Canindeyú Department

The Canindeyú department (Spanish: Departamento de Canindeyú) is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Salto del Guairá. Its ISO 3166-2 code is PY-14.

Canindeyú Departamento de Canindeyú
Department
Salto del Guaira downtown
Flag
Location of Canindeyu, in red, in Paraguay
Coordinates: 24°1′S 54°20′W
Country	Paraguay
Region	Oriental
Capital	Salto del Guairá
Boroughs	12 (See list)
Government
• Governor	Alfonso Noria
Area [1]
• Total	14,667 km2 (5,663 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	191,447
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-04 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-03 (ADT)
ISO 3166 code	PY-14

Its name comes from Tupi Kaninde - macaw; ju - yellow, blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).

Geography

The Canindeyú department is in the northeast of the Oriental region. It has an area of 14,667 km² (5,663 sq mi). As of 2012^[update], the department has a population of 191,447 (2.9% of the population of the country) for a population density of 13.1.^[1]

The Amambay and Mbaracayú mountain ranges are in the department and form the limits with Brazil.

Limits

• To the north: Amambay department.
• To the east: Brazil.
• To the south: Caaguazú and Alto Paraná departments.
• To the west: San Pedro department.

Climate

As of 2012^[update], the total amount of precipitation in the city of Salto del Guairá was 1,354.3 mm (53.3 in). The month with the most precipitation was April with 238 mm (9.4 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was August with 3 mm (0.1 in).^[2]

The average temperature for the year 2012 in Salto del Guairá was 22.8 °C (73.0 °F). The warmest month, on average, was February with an average temperature of 26.6 °C (79.9 °F). The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 17.3 °C (63.1 °F).^[2]

Districts

The department is divided in 13 districts:

Districts of the Canindeyú department

No.	Districts	Area[3] (km²)	Population[4] (2015)	Density
1	Corpus Christi	304.93	9,769	32.0
2	Curuguaty	2,971.45	51,675	17.4
3	General Francisco Caballero Álvarez	748.41	11,652	15.6
4	Itanará	901.15	3,129	3.5
5	Katueté	587.44	8,500	14.5
6	La Paloma	635.41	8,608	13.5
7	Nueva Esperanza	1,319.59	12,628	9.6
8	Salto del Guairá	1,748.86	29,593	16.9
9	Yasy Cañy	753.48	27,041	35.9
10	Yby Pytá	1,129.69	11,626	10.3
11	Ybyrarovaná	1,101.48	13,855	12.6
12	Ypejhú	874.94	8,336	9.5
13	Villa Ygatimí	1,959.58	16,224	8.3

Economy

Farming is the main economic activity in the department. The main crops are soybean, tobacco and maize. Cattle raising is also an important activity.

Related pages

• Departments of Paraguay
• ISO 3166-2:PY

References

1. "Proyección Densidad Tasa 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
2. "Compendio Estadístico Ambiental del Paraguay 2002-2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. December 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
3. "Territorio y Población" (zip) (in Spanish). ADEPO - Asociación Paraguaya de Estudios de Población. 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
4. "Proyección de la población por sexo y edad, según distrito. Revisión 2015 (8.3 MB)" (PDF) (in Spanish). DGEEC. 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

Other websites

• Atlas Censal del Paraguay - Canindeyú (in Spanish)
• Statoids - Departments of Paraguay
• Secretaria Nacional de Turismo Archived 2015-05-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)